Short escape from the haze

Hey guys 🙂 I’m so glad that the haze situation here is getting better each day. *Hurrah to rain and wet weather fashion*

I was lucky to have escaped to Malaysia during the days where the haze got really bad. I managed to get some extended family time which was awesome, topped up with some serious eating, shopping and the best 2 hours of pure relaxation (an epic massage).

Met up with Auntie Shirley for lunch. She might not be related to me by blood but I’m glad we’re close like family. ❤ {all photos taken with iPhone, follow on Instagram @laureenho}

We got dropped off at the train station. This is the face of two happy girls with a satisfied tummy, about to head to get massages and of course, shopping!

I was getting 45mins of foot reflexology, 45mins of full body massage and 30mins of head massage + ear candling. I’ve realized ear candling helps me with my headaches and my insomnia. Highly recommend this place!

Taking tourist shots of KL’s icon never gets old, and no haze (yet).

Mani/pedi sessions is one of my favorite things that I like to do with my cousin. She’s really busy with work so during her free time (when she gets some) she’d rather be doing other things, unless there’s a special occasion coming up. If not, mani/pedi sessions often happens either when I’m there visiting in Malaysia or when she’s here in Singapore. Besides, I really loooooove nails polishes and getting my nails done. 🙂

We just had to get a picture taken because we could not believe we paid SGD3.90 for an original sized Boost juice in Malaysia when a kid’s sized Boost juice here costs SGD3.60 in Vivocity and SGD4.50 in Ion (WHAAAAT?!).

12/12

It’s a new year! 2012 was an eventful year for me, and 2013 started off pretty horribly.

I was down with Chickenpox (high fever, itchiness level 100, weak body, MANY food restrictions, on bed rest) and have been stuck at home ever since. Obviously I was feeling pretty bummed. I didn’t get to spend Christmas with ZD and now New Year’s too. Blegh. It’s been 11 days now, and I had my first chicken meal today, you have noooooo idea how good that chicken tasted. Anyway I’m on the road to recovery and I’m grateful for my parents and my grandmother for taking care of me. So that pretty much sums up my first week of the new year.

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So here I am now, sitting on my bed with my make-shift laptop table, awesome earphones on and Taylor Swift on shuffle mode, I remember the last month of 2012 – it was well, pretty damn awesome. The family and I went on our yearly holiday with the relatives in Malaysia. Food. Shopping. Sun. Beach. Christmas.

Malaysian food is heaven in your mouth. I love Malaysian food, and Singapore’s “Ipoh Hor Fun” can suck it. ZD always complains that I have a very Asian tastebud – I love anything spicy, food like beef, prawn, and handmade noodles, basically street, hawker food. Whereas he likes sandwiches, salads and stuff /: In my defence, I’m cheap maintenance 😉

The highlight of 2012 would definitely be when we were headed to Pangkor (other than in Oct when ZD brought me to Legoland. I was high on Legos). I was so stoked to be there. I haven’t been to the beach in months since school and work committments took up most of my time. Didn’t soak much in the sea this year due to my skin condition, big boohoo. We were told by that this year we’ll be experiencing neap tide and it was the best opportunity to go squid fishing. We went, and it was the best feeling ever. You’re just casting the line and rolling it back in, and suddenly you feel this tug and continue rolling the line, your contained excitement burst out into girly screams and the next thing you know, you have squid ink all over your body. Once again, best feeling ever! 4 days on that island, it was paradise.

Christmas! My favourite time of the month and it was awesome! The family celebrated with too much suckling pig (family tradition), and I especially loved the part where it was time to open our presents, and for my sisters and cousins to open mine! I got us some Tattly’s and it turned out to look so cute! This year’s trip was definitely one of the best!

Remembering 2012:

• Uni. Checked.
• Sewing idiot-i-am-not. Checked.
• A lot more DIY time, so grateful for that. Checked.
• Lots of fun adventures with ZD. Checked.
• A year of pure bliss and happiness. Checked.
• Still working at Fab’s and making a contribution. Checked.
• A pretty yellow vintage Cinelli. Checked.

2012, you’re pretty damn awesome.

Laureen xx